The Fake Xiaomi Mi4 on sale about 1 month ago. The ROM is MIUI but CPU is MTK. So be careful if you buy from ebay or aliexpress, especially aliexpress. Better ask seller give you IMEI number with your shipping bill togther.
Fake Mi4
I got one from aliexpress seller. the good thing is I found it out early because its a bit slower than usaual snapdragon phones so i decided to install an app which reads system information and confirmed that its a fake mi4 with MTK processor, 1GB ram, and 720p resolution.
and now I sent back the phone to seller and have to pay the return shipment. so disappointing.
lhongskie1979 said:
I got one from aliexpress seller. the good thing is I found it out early because its a bit slower than usaual snapdragon phones so i decided to install an app which reads system information and confirmed that its a fake mi4 with MTK processor, 1GB ram, and 720p resolution.
and now I sent back the phone to seller and have to pay the return shipment. so disappointing.
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care to share how much did you pay for the fake one ?
and
what did the seller said to you after you did the claim ?
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Ooh, better not to buy from anywhere else either than real resellers.
I bought mine from http://xiaomishop.com. They seem to be the only ones that have an EU Warehouse with express shipping, so that if you live in EU you can avoid all the import tax crap. However the shipping charge for me was $48 which is a bit much IMO but it is a 1-2 day service.
Another 2 good ones are: Oppomart (http://oppomart.com) and Xiaomiworld (http://xiaomiworld.com).
xiaomishop.it is also working if you live in EU, shipping to Sweden in 3 days.
geko95gek said:
Ooh, better not to buy from anywhere else either than real resellers.
I bought mine from http://xiaomishop.com. They seem to be the only ones that have an EU Warehouse with express shipping, so that if you live in EU you can avoid all the import tax crap. However the shipping charge for me was $48 which is a bit much IMO but it is a 1-2 day service.
Another 2 good ones are: Oppomart (http://oppomart.com) and Xiaomiworld (http://xiaomiworld.com).
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http://xiaomishop.com is the official online footprint for Xiaomi. Very helpful, fairly quick response times to queries. My only issue was shipping to South Africa had no courier option.
Can anyone comment on Xiomiworld?
http://www.gizchina.com/2014/07/11/top-3-stores-can-buy-xiaomi-mi-pad-now/
Xiaomishop.com are not an official store owned by the Beijing based phone and tablet maker, but they do have contacts and are able to ship products quickly.
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Nothing official in Xiaomishop, just reseller. (They sell original Xiaomi products.)
I bought one on DX , hoping for not be fake!
App name please...
lhongskie1979 said:
I got one from aliexpress seller. the good thing is I found it out early because its a bit slower than usaual snapdragon phones so i decided to install an app which reads system information and confirmed that its a fake mi4 with MTK processor, 1GB ram, and 720p resolution.
and now I sent back the phone to seller and have to pay the return shipment. so disappointing.
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hey bro,
which app did u use to check the internal spec details of the phone?
gunzzer222 said:
hey bro,
which app did u use to check the internal spec details of the phone?
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I believe CPU-Z should do it https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cpuid.cpu_z
thank you
wtfhax said:
I believe CPU-Z should do it https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cpuid.cpu_z
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thank you bro....
xjarl said:
The Fake Xiaomi Mi4 on sale about 1 month ago. The ROM is MIUI but CPU is MTK. So be careful if you buy from ebay or aliexpress, especially aliexpress. Better ask seller give you IMEI number with your shipping bill togther.
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Can u post the link where did u bought fake one? Please
That is to pity. Fake Xiaomi device is quite common in China, the quality of it is very bad. There is a good way to devide fake things: enter the recovery of your Mi4, if there is a "Mi Flash", it can't be fake.
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I also got a fake, or perhaps it was a horribly refurbished and rooted used device built from scraps. It was loaded with bloatware (and probably spyware), but all the stat monitors seemed to say it has legit specs except for the the battery which was 2400mAh and discharged almost faster than it could charge. Interestingly it was all VERY well packaged like it came from a factory and everything looked 100% genuine on the outside, but when I removed the back cover I could see that it had been worked on and the plastic parts and battery were in horrible condition... so always buy Xiaomi from a reputable dealer if you want the real thing.
Phone Original Rom is duplicate
xjarl said:
The Fake Xiaomi Mi4 on sale about 1 month ago. The ROM is MIUI but CPU is MTK. So be careful if you buy from ebay or aliexpress, especially aliexpress. Better ask seller give you IMEI number with your shipping bill togther.
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I bought from banggood.com. Its a magical phone for that price. but Rom is customized..they installed international ROM with lot of adware and unnecessary apps. It has not atleast mi Store. I installed mi store after. I want to change it but model is mi4 LTE-CT (China Telecom). This china telecom version does not support normal Global mi4 ROM. I did not root any phone before. this is a very rare phone to my country. bangood is good. but their OS Customising is very bad.
i guess many people want to buy cheap electronic gadgets from china ,but still most people cannot
find the satisfied sellers online ,some of them are bad quality and some of them are high price ,
here i found three website which seems better .anyone here know them ? and is it good to buy electronics
there ?
Albertoonline said:
i guess many people want to buy cheap electronic gadgets from china ,but still most people cannot
find the satisfied sellers online ,some of them are bad quality and some of them are high price ,
here i found three website which seems better .anyone here know them ? and is it good to buy electronics
there ?
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I know the chinese website banggood,dx,tinydeal.I have purchased some gadgets on tinydeal,and they are not bad.Maybe you can have a try.
Hi All,
I know that there is a phone recommendation thread but I'm less interested in the phone right now. I'm interested in how these three companies are in supporting their products or even how they compare for quality. Having just lost my THL W200S to a cracked screen and having a bad experience with a Doogee DG550, I'm curious about:
1. Chances of a bad phone from each of these companies
2. Do they update their software?
3. How well do they respond to their customers from anywhere outside of mainland China?
Thanks!
Greydesk
Im actually using a moto g4 plus, and i've been looking for a new phone, so i saw that the most viable options for me are these (RN5 & Moto X4) the best price for moto x4 in my country (Mexico) is 291 USD and it includes a skullcandy headphones.
The best price that i found for the RN5 4/64 is 216 USD but the problem is that its from a chinese page so idk how long will the delivery time be (but this is ok for me) and also idk if it has a warranty.
So what do you guys think? which one is better, im worried cuz i've never had a phone from a "non top brand (motorola, samsung, sony etc...)" and idk if the RN5 fails (idk how to say it in English, cuz isnt my main language) its hard to repare it?
Hope it can be understandable because my English isnt good enough, and thank you all.
i have bought the phone from aliexpress from the official xiaomi store in chine. My question is this: since I have given them an american address to ship the phone to, do i get american charger or european charger with 2 prongs? I have seen all reviews of unboxing of the phone and I have yet to see an american charger in the box.
This phone is global version for EU/CIS.
it is not sold either within China or the United States. This is an export model. There is hardly a version with your charger. However, the same chargers come with Mi10 and Redmi k30 pro, which are sold in China. You can buy it separately.
They send you an EU plug with a small prong adapter so it fits into US outlets - still works just fine and at full speed, just a tad bulkier.